005 - audio

[hoodwinking]

[A little girl's voice comes through the journal. Except, it's a little more hardened and bitter than usual! Anyone who's spoken to B.B. before may not find the voice instantly recognizable, a definite change from the usual high pitched tone the young lady has.]

Are we done crying about everyone leaving yet?

I've been here what, half a year now? I get it at this point. Who stays and who goes is completely up to some asinine bullshit whim. But guess what? Everyone whining won't bring them back. That's just how it is.

Grow a pair and move the hell on already. Leaving is what humans do. If you don't know that by now, there's no hope for any of you.

[Don't mind her. She might be sampling some fruits from way up high.]

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[fierybluebird]

Children who hear without listening shouldn't speak using words they misdefine about such deep matters out of their depths of intellect.

[hoodwinking]

What, pray tell, is so deep about someone vanishing into thin air?

[fierybluebird]

Namur is neither human, nor vanished into thin air. And if you paid any attention at all you would know that more than half of those who've gone missing have returned. And if you paid better attention you would sift through the clues enough to know that the Navy has been prone to taking prisoners and removing them from Davy Jones' grasp. Only a fool would think that the Navy is our only foe to worry about, but amounting it to Jones' whims is exactly what they want us to do.

[hoodwinking]

Oh, of course. How silly of me to not know what's happening in your life. If it were so easy to pay attention, then perhaps we shouldn't have everyone on the sea consoling themselves over someone going missing. Maybe they should be let in on the secret that we're just meant to be pawns to the Navy and Jones then, hm?

[fierybluebird]

It's yours too, petite caneton. Or did you somehow miss the return of your own captain?

Maybe if you asked Grell politely she'll unclog your ears for you. [Or cut them off. Either/or.]

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[hostclubshadowking]

It's easy to mock mourning when you haven't lost anyone.

[His voice is calm, easy.]

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[hoodwinking]

[she damn near snorts at that.]

Because I'm not stupid enough to get that invested in someone here. If they leave, they leave.

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[hostclubshadowking]

Perhaps it isn't those who left who are being mourned.

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[hoodwinking]

Do you mean anyone who happens to die on the sea? My heart's just breaking over the poor weak pirates being killed.

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[hostclubshadowking]

Not what I meant, actually. Death here seems to be quite fleeting.

[writing]

[hollywood_bro]

wow rude
i know there's nothing we can do about people disappearing but getting on someone's case for being upset about it isn't going to help
if you complain about people whining they're just going to whine louder
but at you this time
because you're whining about people whining and it's dumb.

[writing]

[hoodwinking]

If they need help to keep them from whining, then that I can help with.

[writing]

[hollywood_bro]

telling people to stop doesn't help
haven't you ever lost someone before?
not just someone who was on the same crew
but someone who was really important to you
and if you did wouldn't you be upset about it?

[writing]

[hoodwinking]

That's none of your business. Even if I did, I would know for an absolute complete fact that I will NEVER see them again. It's so temporary here that it's almost insulting.

[writing]

[hollywood_bro]

you don't know that for a fact though
because some people come back
we're all at the mercy of davy jones or whatever forces are in control here
no one knows anything
and it sucks i'm not saying that it doesn't
but what the fuck can we do about it?

[Audio]

[redcinemareel]

[Grell applauds, because she couldn't have said it better herself.

Or maybe she could, but just this once, she'll let Bonnie have the limelight.]

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[feetarestrange]

Does it really matter if someone's been here for that long? Most have a hard time coping with separation like that.

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[hoodwinking]

Please. At this rate, the people here would cry if one of their own just left to a convenience store for a few hours.

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[feetarestrange]

I really don't think it'd ever get to that point.

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[hoodwinking]

Never hear of separation anxiety, have you? It's a lot more likely than you think.

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[feetarestrange]

This is my first time actually hearing about that, so...

[Yep.]

[voice]

[grizzly_tea]

You're certainly a rather vile mouthed and insensitive little thing aren't you? Have you perhaps never heard of tact? Because you are certainly lacking it.

[voice]

[hoodwinking]

Ah, you mean it'd be better to lie to them? "Oh, don't you worry! Everyone who's left you will be back, and it's all thanks to the power of your tears!"

[voice]

[grizzly_tea]

Yes actually, it would be better that you simply lie about it than to brutally try to strip them of any hope they might have. There is a time and place for everything, and while the truth is a very important and necessary thing, you could at least not throw it in the face of every person who may have lost someone dear to them. Do you also take great joy in pouring salt in wounds, or kicking a man while he is down?

[voice]

[hoodwinking]

You can only break so many ribs, but watching someone writhe in pain in salt is always better. But that's beside the point. I'd much prefer it if we didn't spend our time complaining that someone may have fallen off of their ship. Life goes on.